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THE MAGIC UMBRELLA ABROAD 

TINY PICTURE TRAVEL TALES 

By 

MARJORIE BARROWS 

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with decorations by 

JOHN DUKES McKEE 

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THOMAS S. ROCKWELL COMPANY 

CHICAGO 1930 



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Copyright, 1930, by 

THOMAS S. ROCKWELL COMPANY 

Chicago 





Printed in th* United States of America 


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Their red heard their wish. 

It always tried to please; 
So all at once it lifted them 

















They found they'd come to far Japan 
Where lived a yellow race. 

They landed in a ffifi&rjjBPh 
Each in a different place! 

Two jjj^j^f « n Say kimonos ( 
Sat by a tiny lr* 

And ate some with chop- 

As well as they were able. 















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Some j^jj^ and j^J^ w '^ 
And *#j^» '" s 
Now gathered around ^ and 
And stared and stared 




Then one 

Politely bowed her t^- 
"Honorable Friends, come to my 
And play with me / 7 she said. 



















They climbed in her 

And then their ride began 
Past ^jjj|§!E: of growing /^jf and 1 
In beautiful Japan. 




) with square white 


They saw a junk 

That made them all exclaim. 

They saw a snow-capped mountain^ 
(Fuji was its name.) 












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And then they came to Kiku’s 
And began to caper. 

It was so nice and it was made 
Of sliding screens of paper! 


They all took off their outside 

m (Though just washed her |||) 

They sat at tiny §^^|s then 
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They ate while with a 

Wrote that looked queer 

And told of festivals of y*$|3 

And l®M (w they had each year, 




They all went in the 

Cried, 77 Thank you! 77 and 77 Goodbye! 77 
red umbrella then began 
To soar up in the sky. 












It took them next to Polar lands 
Where there was lots of snow. 
They fell upon a 

Steered by an Eskimo ( 


His and hood ( jjp ) were j^J^jkin. 
'"'(They kept out icy air) 


His fur-lined 
His 


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were of 


-skin 
























Who rolled and rolled and rolled along, 

Just yelping once or twice, 

And landed on a polar 
Sliding on some 

7 Oh, pardon me/ 7 barked Frightened jS?/ 
77 This cake’s rather narrow! 77 

The said, - 7 Grrr! 77 and then he stopped. 

Shot down by Nanook’s arrow. ^3? 







^Hurrah! 7 ' then cried the 
And jumped like furry 


And laughed and laughed and laughed 
And clapped their S^^-skin 

They put him on their 


^ (The komatik) and hauled 
The 




^ up to their fern of • 


ice 


(An igloo it was called) 
















When Nanook’s Family saw the 

They laughed and gave a party, 
And many came in 

Whose appetites were hearty. 


They skinned the JjP' an d cut his 
In strips (there were so many) 

** chewed up one but and £ 
They didn’t care for any. ; 






















They landed next in Venice, 
In sunny Italy; 


In the market place they fell ker-plunk 
[And somewhat hurriedly. 



landed 


in a 


But said he didn’t care, 

Though home-grown (jQ? and 
[iJgiiSrfto Just scattered everywhere. I 


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fell upon a 

Who was rather stout, 
landed in some chestnuts (hot) 
But hastily jumped out. 

The Grayed, the 

The os / eating 






Had never seen a sight before 

Like that since they'd been born. 


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So ^ and cried, "Pardon us, 
But did we startle you? 

Now where can our be? 

It’s magic and it’s new. 




pointed with her wagging 
And the glass blower’s 
their <w^)[ in the street. 

(The street was made of water) 






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They stepped into a gondola ( 
(A black 4giggg with one 


And down the Grand Canal they 
Chasing it to shore. <3^?; 


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They passed some golden palaces ( 

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They passed some too; 

Their gondolier ( ) sang happy songs. 

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They passed St. Mark’s—a lovely \ 

Both beautiful and old. 

It had five domes and pictures made 

Of col ored stones and gold. 





They caught their red 

Which flew home right away. 
And their very jolly journeys r* 
Were over for THAT day! 












































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